RIP LTs Jeff Kaylor and Tim Price and all others who have fallen in this war and in the past.
Memorial Day Weekend Challenge
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Two of my uncles were Pearl Harbor veterans. The avatar I chose depicts the American Flag flying over the Arizona Memorial Cemetary.
Thank each and every one who ever contributed to our freedom efforts.
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Thank each and every one who ever contributed to our freedom efforts.
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Done.
It's a collage of images from Flanders Field, WWI and the Missing Man.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
It's a collage of images from Flanders Field, WWI and the Missing Man.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I thought this was cool but me thinks it's too big for the board... so I opted for what I got now... 
agemechanic03
Purple Belt
Ahha...It worked!! To all my fallen brethren, past and present. May God be with you and Never be forgotten! To my brothers in arms, may God protect you from the enemies ahead. I SALUTE YOU ALL!
I did not find one that said what I was looking for, but to My Nephew and all of his mates in the 82nd. Keep your eyes and ears wide and your butt and head down. I wish I could be there watching your over you, but I know you are in good hands.
Ronin Moose
Blue Belt
Where I spent my formative years. God bless our Vets, and a full salute to those who have gone on ahead of us. They're doing a little recon and having a deserved cold one with the boss.
Ninjamom
2nd Black Belt
Avatar changed for the weekend.
In memorium: to those who have given the "last full measure" in service to us and our nation.
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15:13; the New Living Translation
In memorium: to those who have given the "last full measure" in service to us and our nation.
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15:13; the New Living Translation
I'd like to extend the challenge (so to speak) that we keep our patriotic avatars til July 4th. My parents have their flag out on their porch and we've talked about simply leaving it up til the 4th. I thought ... well why not here as well. :asian:
For those who serve:
First, read the following:
First, read the following:
Earn Your Desk (true: see snopes)
In September of 2005, a social studies school teacher from Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal, and the building supervisor, she took all of the desks out of the classroom.
The kids came into first period, they walked in; there were no desks. They obviously looked around and said, "Where's our desks?"
The teacher said, "You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them."
They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades."
"No," she said.
"Maybe it's our behavior."
And she told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."
And so they came and went in the first period, still no desks in the classroom. Second period, same thing. Third period. By early afternoon television news crews had gathered in the class to find out about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of the classroom. The last period of the day, the instructor gathered her class.
They were at this time sitting on the floor around the sides of the room.
She said, "Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the desks that sit in this classroom ordinarily. Now I'm going to tell you."
She went over to the door of her classroom and opened it, and as she did 27 U.S. veterans, wearing their uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. And they placed those school desks in rows, and then they stood along the wall. By the time they had finished placing the desks, those kids for the first time I think perhaps in their lives understood how they earned those desks.
Their teacher said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here responsibly, to learn, to be good students and good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk, and don't ever forget it."
Now, visit this link.In September of 2005, a social studies school teacher from Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal, and the building supervisor, she took all of the desks out of the classroom.
The kids came into first period, they walked in; there were no desks. They obviously looked around and said, "Where's our desks?"
The teacher said, "You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them."
They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades."
"No," she said.
"Maybe it's our behavior."
And she told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."
And so they came and went in the first period, still no desks in the classroom. Second period, same thing. Third period. By early afternoon television news crews had gathered in the class to find out about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of the classroom. The last period of the day, the instructor gathered her class.
They were at this time sitting on the floor around the sides of the room.
She said, "Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the desks that sit in this classroom ordinarily. Now I'm going to tell you."
She went over to the door of her classroom and opened it, and as she did 27 U.S. veterans, wearing their uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. And they placed those school desks in rows, and then they stood along the wall. By the time they had finished placing the desks, those kids for the first time I think perhaps in their lives understood how they earned those desks.
Their teacher said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here responsibly, to learn, to be good students and good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk, and don't ever forget it."
That's a wonderful story Kacey! :asian: :asian: :asian:
Although....uh....I have to ask, why the link to Gmail here? "Now, visit this link."
Whoops... wrong link (deleted... because it goes to my email). Must've copied from the wrong place. Try this one.
Nice story, Kacey!
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